Ranger

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Strength

Vigor

Agility

Dexterity

Will

Knowledge

Resourcefulness

Health

Description

Rangers in Dark and Darker are wilderness experts, who use their knowledge of nature and their keen senses to track down and eliminate their enemies. They are skilled hunters and trappers, able to set deadly traps and ambushes. Rangers are also adept at ranged combat, using bows, crossbows, bolts and arrows to take down their targets from a distance. Also they can use spears to aid them in close quarters.

Class Info

Weapon of choice: Any long-ranged weapons, some swords and spears.

• Pros
  • High ranged damage output.
  • Able to track fresh enemy footprints via the Tracking perk.
  • Able to set bear traps to lock down enemies in place.
  • Starts with a campfire, however, it's of the worst quality.
  • Great room clearing ability without putting themselves at risk.
• Cons
  • Bad at close quarter fights.
  • Needs to frequently reload their quiver.
  • Limited choices for melee weapons.
  • Reloading your quiver slows you down significantly.

PerksSkillsGearStatsTipsPatch Notes

You can equip an additional perk every 5 levels. Currently maxed out at Level 15, so a total of 4 perks can be equipped.

Name	Description
Crossbow Mastery	Increases physical damage bonus by 5% when using Crossbows, increases reload speed by 50% and movement speed by 50% when reloading.
Enhanced Hearing	Can hear enemy footstep sounds from farther away.
Kinesthesia	When moving with the bowstring drawn, movement speed increases by 10%.
Nimble Hands	When using a bow, change your default shooting animation so it shoots 15% faster.
Ranged Weapons Mastery	Increases physical attack power by 5% when attacking with a ranged weapon.
Sharpshooter	Headshot damage increases by 15% when attacking with a long-range weapon.
Spear Proficiency	Spear can be used. When attacking with a spear, gain 10 physical strength.
Chase	Detect recent enemy footsteps.
Trap Mastery	Installation time decreases dramatically when installing trap type items.
Crippling Shot	Hitting the target's leg reduces their movement speed bonus by an additional 15% for 2 seconds.
Quick Reload	Increases reload speed by 50% when reloading bow-type weapons.

You can equip a total of 2 skills.

Name	Description	Cooldown
Field Ration	Forage food and recover 25 HP. (3 stacks, non replenishable.)	24s
Multishot	When attacking with a bow-type weapon, fire 5 arrows at a horizontal angle at the same time. Damages for the five arrows are 50%, 75%, 100%, 75%, 50%, respectively. Total of 350% damage if all arrow hit the target.	35s
Quick Fire	When attacking using a bow-type weapon, Increases action speed by 50% for 8 seconds.	24s
Quickshot	Hold three arrows in your shooting hand and fire them quickly in succession in a single action.	18s
True Shot	Projectile's flight speed is greatly increased for 6 seconds. In addition, physical attack power is increased by 5%	18s
Forceful Shot	Hitting an enemy with a ranged attack during the 8 seconds knocks the target back.	24s
Penetrating Shot	Ignores 50% of opponent's projectile defense for the duration.	28s

Weapons

Category	Weapons
2-Handed	Crossbow, Longbow, Lute, Recurve Bow, Survival Bow, Windlass Crossbow
1-Handed	Arming Sword, Hand Crossbow, Rapier, Short Sword
Shields	Pavise
Utility	Bear Trap

Armors

Slot	Armors
Head	Forest Hood, Leather Cap, Ranger Hood
Chest	Doublet, Padded Tunic, Regal Gambeson, Warden Outfit
Legs	Cloth Pants, Heavy Leather Leggings, Leather Leggings, Loose Trousers, Padded Leggings
Hands	Leather Gloves, Rawhide Gloves, Reinforced Gloves, Riveted Gloves
Feet	Adventurer Boots, Heavy Boots, Laced Turnshoe, Lightfoot Boots, Old Shoes, Rugged Boots
Back	Adventurers Cloak, Radiant Cloak, Splendid Cloak, Tattered Cloak

These stats do not include the starting armor

Stat Name	Base Stats
Strength	10
Agility	20
Will	10
Knowledge	10
Resourcefulness	25
Health	90
Weight Limit	0
Spell Memory	0
Utility Effectiveness	0
Move Speed	305 (101.66%)
Action Speed	5%
Spell Casting Speed	-50%
Equip Speed	25%
Regular Interaction Speed	56%
Magical Interaction Speed	-25%
Buff Duration	-5%
Debuff Duration	12.4%
Armor Penetration	0%
Magic Penetration	0%
Headshot Reduction	0%
Projectile Damage Reduction	0%
Physical Damage Reduction	-10%
From Armor Rating	0 (-10%)
From Bonuses	0%
Magic Resist	2.5%
From Resist Rating	15 (2.5%)
From Bonuses	0%
Physical Power Bonus	-11%
From Physical Power	10 (-11%)
From Bonuses	0%
Magic Power Bonus	-25%
From Magic Power	10 (-25%)
From Bonuses	0%
Primary Weapon	0
Attack 1	(0) + 0(Blunt)
Attack 2	(0) + 0(Blunt)
Secondary Weapon	0
Impact Power	0
Primary Weapon Impact Power	0
Secondary Weapon Impact Power	0

- Excels in group fights if he has a frontline to protect him.

- Quickshot and Multishot allow you to fully replenish your quiver, you can also cancel the skill so you don't waste arrows.

- You can hide bear traps under environmental traps, inside corpses and preferably in low lit areas.

- Use door windows to shoot at unsuspecting enemies on the other side of the door.

20/12/2022 Alpha Playtest #3 Hotfix #4

- Crossbow Mastery now gives an 5% physical damage bonus too when using a crossbow.

19/12/2022 Alpha Playtest #3 Hotfix #3

- Hunting Trap disarming no longer requires a skill check.

16/12/2022 Alpha Playtest #3 Hotfix #1

- Fixed an issue where Spear Proficiency did not work properly in Lobby.

- Spear Proficiency weapon damage bonus changed from 20 to 10.

16/12/2022 Alpha Playtest #3 Changelog

Quiver system version v0.5

- Bow weapons fire a limited number of arrows before they must reload their quiver.

- The number of arrows in the quiver is based on the type of bow that is equipped.

- The Ranger’s attack-based skills have the added bonus of auto-reloading their quiver upon activation.

24/09/2022 Bug squashing QA playtest Hotfix #1

- Fixed an issue where Spears could not be worn in the lobby even after using the Ranger's Spear Proficiency.